The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-05-10
BRITISH.

of the sinking fund and income tax
reduction will be maintained. The
government calculates that the diyis-
ion on the motion to go into commit
tee on the coercion bill will be taken
on Friday, and the result in the for
mer will be majority; but the Min
isterialists admit that in committee
they must be ready to accept large
amendments or their maiorities may
break up.
On the passage of the coercion bill.
Hugh Holmes, Attorney-Ge for
Ireland, will be raised to the judicial
bench of Ireland.
BOMBAY, April 25.-The Ghilzais
have defeated the Ameer's troops and
killed 100 of them at Baboo Castle,
near Khelat.
DUBLIN, April 23.-Rt, Rev. Abra-
ham Brown Rigg, ID, Roman Cath
olic Bishop of Ossory, and the priests
of his diocese, have signed protest
against the passage of the coercion
bill.
LONDON, April 23.-The Atlantic
Steamship Company have been or
dered to be wound up.
LONDON, April 21.-In the House of
Lords Earl Cadogan moved the sec
ond reading of the land bill. Baron
Denman moved the rejection of the
bill, which he said was likely to bury
landlord and tenant in litigation Earl
Spencer said that he hoped Lord
Denman would not press a division
on his motion. The land question
must be settled before Ireland would
become peaceful Interference with
rents was unavoidable. He condemned
the powers given to county courts in
cases of bankruptcy, and claims the
bill would utterly demoralize the
Irish people. Lord Ashbourne said
that the bill, if passed, would prove a
great check to evictions.
The budget was complete surprise
to the House of Commons. Many of
its proposals, notably those relating
to national debt charges, will be Wig
orously opposed. It is maintained
that Goschen has resorted to unsound
measures of finance in order to pre-
sent budget that may save the Con
servatives at the next general election.
The Conservatives are much irritat-
ed at Lord Randolph Churchill's at
titude.
Gladstone writes that he does not
desire another election to Parliament
until the English mind is as ripe on
the Irish question as the Welsh and
Scotch minds are. but that that time
is rapidly advancing. Anyhow" he
says, Il am prepared to face anything
to defeat coercion. I continue to hope
for much from vigorous action on the
part of the constituencies whose rep
resentatives in Parliament have deci-
sive votes on the ISSUE"
Mr.. Sexton has received an anony
nous letter which it is thought Will
lead to the Identification of the author
of the Parneu letter published in the
Times.
LONDON, April 21.- Gladstone says:
II attach very high Importance to the
manifestations of Americans as we'll
as Colonial sympathy with the Irish
people in the crisis created by the
causeless, insulting and insidious bill
at present before Parliament. Apart
from particular and more or less
formal Acknowledgements, l am not of
opinion that it would be proper or
expedient for me to take it upon my
self to address any general communi
cation to America on this subject,
which, however, l have noticed, and
may again notice in Parliament. Still
I ana very anxious the people of this
country should have means of under
how much beyond the range
of any sectional impulses and how
truly national the movement in the
United States has become; and in this
view I would recommend an endeayor
be made to present some estimate of
the aggregate numbers of persons by
which the recent meetings in America
were attended; likewise, especially an
estimate of the number of governors,
liz O1S. 0OAdlO1o, 1C
and other official or highly
persons by whom such
We're countenanced or sup
ported"
LONDON, April Several Glad
stone Liberals desire to have Parlia
ment issue a summons to the editor
of the Times calling him before the
bar of the House of Commons to an
swer for a breach of privilege in ac-
cuslng Parnell and other members of
the House with completely in crime,
and Gladstone proposes the appoint
ment of a committee to examine the
Times charges. The Parnellites have
been consulted and their leaders OPP
pose both propositions. If neither the
Parnellites nor the Gladstonites take
lhe initiative IN moving for an inves
5igation, it is probable an independent |
motion will be made which both the
and Liberal Union mem
Oers will support.
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